Charlie's POV
I had enjoyed my time in Japan
Seeing my mother after 13 years was one of the most surreal, but also one of the happiest moments in my life as I got to meet my mom and all the relatives and family friends that I had never met prior.
Ushio also had a good time, my mother and stepfather were kind to both of us and it was good to meet Ushio's family even if they were a little crazy, but then again so was my mother with her obsession with the Peanuts comics as she constantly kept quoting them to the chagrin of Kōusei who probably listened to more Peanuts quotes than Charles Schultz himself.
I met the likes of Riyota Watari and his wife Tsubaki who were close friends with my mom and Kōusei when they were younger, Riyota was playing in the J League in Soccer and was very cheery, whlist Tsubaki was working in Insurance after her softball career didn't pan out (Lets say I defeated Tsubaki when we had a baseball challange similarly to when I defeated Akio and Tomoya), I met Takashi Aiza and his wife Emi who were apparently Kōusei's rivals in music, Takashi came across as cocky, but a little goofy like Ushio's Grandpa, whlist Emi was more quiet and reserved.
I was at the airport with Kaori and Kousei as me and Ushio were heading back to the States as it was the end of August and the month long trip to Japan had come to an end, I was at the gate saying goodbye to my mom and stepdad.
"Well Charlie, this is it, your flight is almost here" said my mom
"Yeah its been a good time, I will come back soon" I said
"Yeah, listen before you go, I've got something to give to you" said my mother as she pulled out a large book and gave it to me, I look on the cover and it had a picture of Charlie Brown and Snoopy from the Peanuts on it.
"Its every Peanuts comic ever made, required reading for you" said my mother as she smiled
"I will read it on the plane and home" I said
"Good to hear, you'll be quoting it in no time" said my mother as Kōusei smiled sarcastically
My mother must really like the Peanuts comics
"I don't know about that, but I'll give it a read" I said
"Good to hear, looks like your plane is just about to arrive on the airport, it was good to see you after all these years and if you need my advice whether trivial or serious, you can always give me a call, (I get pulled into a hug) Goodbye Charlie, I'll miss you" said my mother
"Goodbye mom, talk to you soon, it was great to meet you after all these years" I said
After we broke from the hug, Me and Ushio said our goodbyes as he boarded the flight back to Los Angeles
I managed to read around a quarter of the Peanuts book on the way back
End of Charlie's POV
Meanwhile
Kaori and Kousei were back home after dropping Ushio and Charlie off at the airport where they got a video call from Takahiko Arima, Kōusei's father.
"Hi Dad, how are things" said Kōusei
"Things are going well at the Takahiko Corporation, the space division flew its first robot two weeks ago, but it went missing in another dimension of Earth, but we recently made a new developments in human piloted robots, in fact we developed a new robot, its going to be called the Snoopy and have a big snoopy inspired head with the body of one of our old robot" said Takahiko
"Snoopy, that'll be so cool if a new planet or dimension is discovered with the robot named after the greatest character ever lived" said Kaori
"Yeah it would, how was my step grandson Charlie, I never got the chance to meet him" said Takahiko
"He was nice, it was really good to see him again after all these years" said Kaori
"Did you know he was Vice President of Alien Research Institutes son" said Kōusei
"Yeah I figured that considering his surname, are you prepared for your new job Kaori" said Takahiko
"I am, you know im excited to teach the next generation music, the wild style of mine merged with the robotic style of Kōusei's" said Kaori
Takahiko chuckled "Look I have to go, I've got a Buisness meeting to attend to"
"Goodbye Dad, nice to see you" said Kōusei
"Bye Takahiko" said Kaori
"Goodbye" said Takahiko waving as Takahiko ends the call as he sat in his office of the Takahiko Corporation which started out as an energy company, but after spending a few years in the Universal Century and in the Titans, Takahiko returned to his native dimension with the help of ARI and then began rebuilding the Titans in secret as Takahiko Corporations Space Division with Takahiko believing he could of done a better job than Jamitov, Bask and Scirocco before him and revert the Titans back to there supposed original purpose, rooting Zeons and similer movements out and Takahiko's Titans surpassing both ARI and the Intergalactic Research Organisation in terms of top interdimesnional research organisation.
Someone was knocking on Takahiko's office door in which Takahiko told to come in
"Ah General Lytton, whats brings you into my office" said Takahiko
"We may have the co-ordinates on a Zeke attack" said Lytton
"Where" said Takahiko
"Dimension V-AC4, there apparently some tech of interest to us there, buts its being guarded by what appears to be a Zaku" said Lytton
"Must be Haman Karn or one of her troops, I knew she would be up to something, send a Barzam team to deal with it" said Takahiko
"Yes sir" said Lytton
Meanwhile/Moments Later
Charlie and Ushio had just landed back into Los Angeles airport, it had been a long flight and it had been exhausting.
As Charlie and Ushio went through the airport, they saw Lil and Kotomi holding a sign with their names on it
"Welcome back home Charlie and Ushio, how was your trip" said Lil
"It was fun, we went to theme parks and such, my mom might be crazier than my dad" said Charlie
Lil laughed and said "Maybe, although your father's food recipes are more alien than Gleebar Food"
Charlie chuckled and said "Where is dad"
"He's at home with the rest of the family, oops I spoiled the suprise Welcome Party" said Lil
"Its okay, at least we will have fun when we get back" said Charlie
"Look at what Charlie's mom gave to Charlie" said Ushio as she shows Kotomi and Lil, Charlie's peanuts book
"Typical Kaori, you know Charlie, when me and your mother talked on the phone, she would usually quote Peanuts" said Lil
Charlie and Ushio chuckled "Yeah sounds like Mom alright, she obsessed in the adventures of Charlie Brown and friends to the point where she named her firstborn son after Charlie Brown" said Charlie
All 4 of them laughed as they headed to Lil's car to head back to Yucipica California, Charlie's home
Moments Earlier
Lou Pickles Jr, James Pickles, John Evans and his girlfriend Leela Johnson were at the mall looking for a surprise present for Charlie and Ushio for when they get back.
James had met his grandparents Stu and Didi two days after he arrived on Dil's Dimension of Earth, they were surprised to find that Dil had another son from an another dimension, but they quickly warmed to James and soon Didi and Stu started spoiling their grandson with inventions and gifts, Tommy, Kimi and Lou Jr met James not long after as Didi called to tell Tommy on what had happened, Tommy and Kimi thought that James reminded them of Dil when he was younger, whlist Lou Jr got along with James and quickly became friends with him, sharing interests in sports.
James had tagged along with his older cousin Lou Jr as they went looking for a present for James's older half-brother Charlie and his girlfriend Ushio, they were joined by Lou Jr's friend John and his girlfriend Leela.
"So what is Charlie into in terms of hobbies" said James
"Well he likes computers and its programming aspects and he likes his sports" said Lou Jr
"Does he like basketball" said James
"I think so, but his favourite sports are baseball and football, do you know Charlie is a very good baseball player" said Lou Jr
"Not as good as the great John Evans" said John
"John, we both know Charlie would school you at baseball" said Lou Jr
"John, you know Charlie has a slim chance of going pro right" said Leela
"Yeah I know" said John admitting defeat
The 4 of them stop outside a sports store
"Lets look in here" said James
They all enter inside and to the surprise of Lou Jr, he becomes the only person who is actively looking for Charlie's present as Brian and Leela were in the NFL Jersey Section and James was in the NBA Zone.
"Looks like I'm getting Charlie's present by myself here" said Lou Jr sighing
Lou Jr began to browse the aisles of the sports store where he spotted John trying on a Cowboys Jersey
"I thought you were a Chiefs fan" said Lou Jr
Hiding the Jersey behind his back, John said "I am a Chiefs fan"
"Yeah that Cowboys jersey sure looks like a Chiefs Jersey" said Lou Jr
"I think it suits him" said Leela
Meanwhile James had the entire Seattle Supersonics merchandise that was at the sports shop, Lou Jr facepalmed at the sight.
"James, we are looking for a present for Charlie, not trying to collect Supersonics Merchandise like Pokemon" said Lou Jr
"But its all awesome, why can't we shop for ourselves" said James
"Because Charlie will be home in a few hours and plus all that Supersonics stuff is expensive where even you can't afford it" said Lou Jr
"Fine, I'll put it all back, what area of the store are you thinking" said James
"The MLB Home Run Zone, Charlie loves baseball and their is a half price sale on Dodger jerseys over there (pointing at the LA Dodgers jerseys hanging on the sales rack)" said Lou Jr
"Oh yeah, what about Ushio, do we get her an Astros jersey" said John
"I don't see any Astros jerseys on the sale rack, plus I heard they sold Big Dango Family Merchandise a few shops down" said Lou Jr
The 4 of them approached the Dodgers jerseys, Lou Jr picked it up and gave it to James
"Here's your present to your brother, he will really appreciate this" said Lou Jr
"Thanks, what are you going to get Charlie" said James
"There's a computer store not far from here, I'm going to get him some programming software" said Lou Jr
They went to the counter where James paid for the Dodgers jersey, whlist John and Leela got Charlie a Chargers T-shirt
They went outside where they saw Lou Jr leaving the computer store with presumably a computer
"What did you get Charlie" said John
"I got him an old Amiga, I found it in the clearance aisle in the computer store, being the computer nerd he is, he will love this" said Lou Jr
The 4 of them would buy Ushio a bunch of Big Dango Family Merchandise and afterwards would head to the Java Lava
Moments Later
Charlie, Ushio, Kotomi and Lil had driven back from Los Angeles Airport to Dil's house, Charlie and Ushio were asleep for most of the drive, mostly being tired from the jetlag, but they were finally back in Yucipica.
The 4 of them got out of the car and headed to the house where Charlie's father Dil stood at the door
"Looks who back home" said Dil smiling as Charlie rushed to hug his father
"I missed you" said Charlie
"Missed you too C and you two Ushio, anyway I've got two surprises for you" said Dil as he signalled for Charlie and Ushio to enter
"Charlie, can you come with me to the kitchen for a minute" said Dil
"Sure thing" said Charlie
As they enter a kitchen, they sit down at the table where Dil begins talking
"Remember when I had an ARI trip to urgently attend to 2-3 months ago" said Dil
"Yeah I remember, you were apparently away for a while" said Charlie
"Well lets say this, remember the summit I went to all those years ago" said Dil
"Yeah, I remember" said Charlie
"Well how do I put this, I had an brief affair during the summit and found out I had an another son, you've got a half-brother named James" said Dil
"When did you find out you had a another son" said Charlie sternly
"During the ARI trip, I ended up bumping into an old fling I had during the Summit and thats when I found out I had a another son, James you can come in" said Dil as James walked into the room
"Charlie this is James, James this is your older half-brother Charlie" said Dil
"Good to meet you Charlie, I've got you this as an welcome home present" said James giving Charlie his present
Charlie opened the shopping bag to reveal a Dodgers jersey, Charlie smiled
"Thanks James, its very nice to meet you" said Charlie as he gave James a briefly hug before Charlie put on the Dodgers jersey
"Well shall we enter the living room" said Dil
Dil, James and Charlie entered the living room to find everyone shouting 'Surprise, Welcome Back', there was Lil, Molly, Tommy, Kimi and their son Lou Jr, Chuckie and Angelica as well as their son Jake, Phil and Wally as well as their twin's Liam and Jessica, there was also Stu, Didi, Betty, Howard, Chaz, Kira, Drew, Charlotte, Ushio and Kotomi.
"I'm flattered that all of you arranged a surprise party for us, thank you" said Charlie
The party went well with Charlie and Ushio enjoying their presents as well as James getting to know more about his fathers side of his family as well as meeting Charlie in whom they got along.
One Week Later
It was time to go back to school for Charlie, Ushio and Molly as well as James's first day of school in his new dimension, Ushio and Charlie were in there Final Year, James would be 8th Grade and Molly would enter the 2nd Grade.
James was nervous about his first day of school in his new dimension, he didn't know anyone bar his family and their friends that he had met and the nerves caused him to only get around 4 hours sleep
James joined his family for breakfast where Dil, Charlie, Lil and Molly were sat down at the table.
"Ah James, good morning" said Dil smiling
"Morning" said James as he sat down to eat breakfast
"How is everyone's breakfast" said Lil as everyone looked down to see an Full English Breakfast
"Wow this is so good, thanks Lil" said Charlie as he and Dil were enjoying their food
"Who's excited for today" said Dil
"I don't think any of us bar you who decided to take the day off today" said Charlie
"Not just the day off, the month off, I got paid holiday" said Dil
"Which means we are going bowling this weekend" said Lil
Charlie, James and Molly celebrated
"You know, I'm looking forward to today" said Molly
"Thats the spirit, James are you excited for your first day at your new school" said Dil
"Actually I'm a little nervous" said James
"Ahh its alright, its all new to you, but you'll have fun" said Dil
"Yeah, just be yourself and you'll make friends with ease" said Lil
"I hope so" said James
"If you made friends in your previous dimension, then it should be easy to make friends in this one" said Charlie
"Yeah lets hope so" said James
"Also have you heard the new Reptar vs Dummy Bears 2" said Dil
"I swear they are running of ideas in terms of Reptar movies" said Charlie
"A new Dummy Bears movie, I can't wait to watch it" said Molly
They would get ready after breakfast before James got the school bus, whlist Molly was driven to school and Charlie walked with his friends.
James got on the bus, it was similer to the bus at his old school, he found a spot and sat down next to someone
"Hi, my name is James Pickles, I'm new to this school, whats your name" said James
"Same I'm also new to this school, my names Alex Takasu by the way" said Alex
"Nice to meet you, How come your new to this school" said James
"My parents along with me moved here from Japan, my father got a new job in the States and my mother got a managerial job here " said Alex
"Cool, what do your parents do" said James
"My father is a Supply Chain Manager for that new Circuit City chain, whlist my mother is a HR Manager for a Marketing Firm" said Alex
"Fair enough, My dad is an scientist and my mom is a airline pilot" said James
"Cool, do you like Star Trek" said Alex
"Yeah I love Star Trek, whats your favourite character " said James
"Captain Picard, yours" said Alex
"Captain Kirk" said James
"Whats your favourite Star Trek movie" said Alex
"Got to be Wrath of Kahn, you" said James
"Probably either Generations or Undiscovered Country" said Alex
Alex and James talked about Star Trek the whole way to school
That Weekend
The rest of the week went smoothly for the Pickles family, James settled in well in new surrondings and even met a new best friend (Alex Takasu), Charlie spent the week catching up with his friends as well as spending time with Ushio and talking to his mother Kaori by phone about her starting her new music teacher job.
Dil had spent his week off mostly either by visiting his parents Stu and Didi or going to the Java Lava with Lil
Didi was enjoying her recent retirement from her job, whlist Stu had invented a moving fridge which was actually not prone to malfunction, Dil gave Stu Zaku I Blueprints so Stu could refine the robot butler invention (He gave the others to ARI's Reptar Labs)
As for the Java Lava, Buisness was going well, the Super Tutti Frutti Strawberry Smoothie had sold like hot cakes and Chaz and Kira Finister enjoyed record sales in that week.
It was Saturday and it was time for Bowling, Dil, Lil, Charlie, James and Molly arrived at the bowling alley in the mall.
"Who's ready for me to beat ya all at Bowling" said Lil
"I'm not sure your going to win Lil" said James
"I won last time we all went bowling" said Charlie
"Only because you had the barriers up on your lane so you couldn't gutterball" said Lil
The Lane was set, Dil went first
"The best always goes first" said Dil
Dil threw the ball, however it drifted and managed to only hit 1 pin
"Thought you were the best" said Charlie
Dil had a second go and managed to hit 6 pins
1st Go
Dil: 1:6
Next to go was Charlie, Charlie was entering into his go fairly confident
"Last time's champion steps up to bowl" said Charlie to himself
Charlie's bowl struck 9 pins, setting him up for a spare
Charlie bowled again and sealed a spare on his 1st go
"Looks like i'm in the lead" said Charlie smugly
1st Go
Dil: 1:6
Charlie: /
Next to go was Lil who also was pretty confident
"I'll show ya who's the best bowler in the Tri-State Area" said Lil
Lil Bowled and got a strike, the 1st of the day
"Who's in the lead now" said Lil to Charlie who grumbled
1st Go
Dil: 1:6
Charlie: /
Lil: X
Next up was Molly who had barriers on her lane as she couldn't bowl very well due to her young age
Molly bowled and knocked down 7 pins
"Wow Molly, you could get a spare" said Charlie
"You can do it Molly" said James
Molly bowled again and managed to gain a spare
"Well done Molly, your now tied with Charlie's score" said James
1st Go
Dil: 1:6
Charlie: /
Lil: X
Molly: /
Finally it was James's go, he requested not to have the barriers up
James approached the lane, closed his eyes and bowled the ball
STRIKE
Dil and Charlie's jaws dropped
"Way to go James, you did that with your eyes closed" said Lil
"Yeah I visioned in my mind where the best place to bowl was" said James
As for the next 5 gos, Charlie and Lil would get spares and the occasional strike, but could not compete with James who had strikes in evrey go that he had. As for Dil his perfomance was poor to the point he had not even scored a spare yet, whlist Molly managed two spares in Go 2 and 4
Perfomance so far:
Dil: 1:6, 3:5, 0:8, 4:2, 1:5
Charlie: /, X, /, /, X
Lil: X, /, 8:0, X, /
Molly: /, /, 6:2, /, 4:2
James: X, X, X, X, X
Later in the game, Charlie and Dil figured out James's weakness in bowling which was to disrupt his concentration before bowling, although Dil's performance didn't improve, coming dead last with Molly in 3rd, setting off a 3 horse race in the final between Charlie, Lil and James.
Charlie was the 1st to go up
"Looks like its a 3 way tie at 1st, I'll show everyone who is the best" said Charlie
Charlie went to bowl, but before he let go of the ball, someone shouted "Hoopla" distracting Charlie and in the end, he knocked down 6 pins
"Who was that" said Charlie turning around to find James chuckling and Lil smiling
Charlie bowled again this time getting an spare which allowed him to get a 3rd bowl in which he got a strike
Next was Lil
"I'll show you both who the best at bowling" said Lil
Lil bowled and got a strike on her 1st go, setting her up for the next go in which she ended up getting an spare
Last was James
"Looks like the game is in my hands" said James as he prepared to bowl and proceeded to get a spare through an 8:2 which set him up for his final go where he got a strike.
It was a 3 way tie
"Looks like their is a 3 way tie for 1st, Charlie, Lil and James, you are all winners" said Dil
Evryebody celebrated with a arcade games and pizza afterwards